Joe Lowndes
Joe Lowndes is the author of “From the New Deal to the New Right: Race and the Southern Origins of Modern Conservatism” (2008) and co-author of “Producers, Parasites, Patriots: Race and the New Right-Wing Politics of Precarity” (2019). He is a professor of political science at Hunter College, City University of New York.
Latest from Joe Lowndes
The Autumn of Charlie Kirk
If the summer of George Floyd protests was a season of insurgent anger from below over someone murdered by the state, then the autumn of Charlie Kirk is a time of coercive mourning from above through which the right will try to cement authoritarian rule.
Trump’s ‘Chipocalypse Now’ Meme Sends a Message With Deep Historical Roots
Trump’s meme declaring war on Chicago has shocked liberals. But what could be more purgative, more exhilaratingly American to his base than avenging the nation with racial warfare?
In the World of His Supporters, Trump Has Already Won
Many of Trump’s supporters are beholden to a fantasy that he remains the legitimate president and find the idea of his defeat impossible to countenance. To change that situation, its underlying conditions must be addressed.
A Capacious and Confident Trumpism Struts Its Stuff
The supremely self-assured MAGA party need not apologize to the Wall Street scions and corporate donors when Vance calls them robber barons. The RNC need not answer to the deeply offended evangelicals calling Harmeet Dhillon a satanist. Trump and his advisers can now mix and match political elements as they see fit.